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  1. What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

    dragonfly414 replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Mrsfocused, Since you have children you might be more likely to get grants for school and you may be approved for student loans to help pay bills while you're in school. It stinks to take cost of...

  2. What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

    dragonfly414 replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nurs2014, yes! your kind of story is exactly what I need to keep

  3. What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

    dragonfly414 replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Knitandpurl, If your heart is in Nursing, you probably will not enjoy Health Care Management as much. Sounds like you have some figuring out to do, even with out considering your husbands opinion....

  4. What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

    dragonfly414 replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    thank you, anytime. I figure if spilling my guts helps one person in some way then it was worth

  5. What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

    dragonfly414 replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No there is not anything wrong with relying on a spouse, so long as the relationship is give and take from both sides like you were just describing Iluvpatho. There is a difference between relying on...

  6. Pre nursing student with learning disability

    dragonfly414 replied to m.con's topic in General Students

    Testing for a disability is done through the appropriate physician, not through the disability office at school. The physician must provide valid documentation to prove the disability. The school...

  7. Pre-nursing anxiety

    dragonfly414 replied to squeakercarp's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Take a deep breath! If I were you I'd speak a little less frequently with your advisor or ask for a different one! I had a similair experience where an advisor was pretty cold and sort of treated me...

  8. Great Bay CC Clinical sites

    dragonfly414 replied to dragonfly414's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! Wow sounds like your commute is as long as mine is going to be! I'm glad to hear you say you feel prepared. I knew the pass rates were good, but that may not have anything to do with the...

  9. Ugh....It feels like I'll never get there!

    dragonfly414 replied to thephlo's topic in General Students

    School and life in general will go much faster than it feels like it will. Everyone says that, I know, I know! but it is so true. Sometimes it is not such a good thing that life can fly by, but in...

  10. GBCC- Fall 2012 Great Bay applicants...

    dragonfly414 replied to JayMaineNurseToBe's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Kelly! anytime! Glad someone else replied. I ended up purchasing some of my scrubs online through scrub shopper because it is free shipping for orders over $100. Our scrubs are the Barco ICU line...

  11. Still completely lost about path

    dragonfly414 replied to OBplease's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My Mom has been a nurse for 30+ years so I have my fair share of experience with being on the family side of nursing. I was at daycare at 6:30 am and caught the bus to school from there because my mom...

  12. Great Bay CC Clinical sites

    dragonfly414 replied to dragonfly414's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! It is a huge relief to be accepted into a nursing program. I'm commuting from Saco, Maine and I will be driving somewhere around 43 miles each way just to get to the GBCC campus. So I'm...

  13. USM Lewiston-Auburn College

    dragonfly414 replied to MissChloe's topic in General Nursing

    get in touch with the nursing

  14. USM Lewiston-Auburn College

    dragonfly414 replied to MissChloe's topic in General Nursing

    They don't have the Fall 2012 schedule on the site yet or atleast I can't find it, but you should be able to take prerequisites at the LAC. You can find the summer schedule here University of Southern...

  15. How do you work nights and go to school?

    dragonfly414 replied to WannaBNursey's topic in General Students

    In some hospitals 30 hours or more is full time. Check into applying for a specific summer aid which is separate from your financial aid you get for the rest of the year. I was able to get it once to...

  16. Waiting GAME!

    dragonfly414 replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm still waiting on word from a school who had a Jan 15th deadline! They told us they will send out decisions in April! Meanwhile I applied to another school with a 2/28 deadline and was sent an...

  17. Which route do I take?

    dragonfly414 replied to hjs13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would think who they hired would not solely be based on whether the applicant has an ADN or BSN. There are so many variables... like previous work experience, education prior to nursing, how the...

  18. Which route do I take?

    dragonfly414 replied to hjs13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're welcome! It is a complicated and highly debated process, but it is comforting to find others who at battling the same storm. The other thing to think about is that sometimes associates schools...

  19. Which route do I take?

    dragonfly414 replied to hjs13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I do not have loans quite as high as yours, but I've had to make a similar decision. I am graduating in May from USM with a B.S. in Health Sciences and a minor in Holistic Health. I had applied to an...

  20. NLN test score

    dragonfly414 replied to rafiki121's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Check with an admissions advisor at the schools your intend to apply at. An overall score of 126 is not bad, but most schools do not look at the overall score as much as they do the individual score....

  21. Maine Medical Center

    dragonfly414 replied to MissM.RN's topic in General Nursing

    anytime! Ah yes, we true Mainers rarely prefer to reside elsewhere permanently! After all, Maine is the way life should be! Congrats on your rapidly approaching graduation! I'm graduating from USM...

  22. GBCC- Fall 2012 Great Bay applicants...

    dragonfly414 replied to JayMaineNurseToBe's topic in General Nursing

    hey everyone!! My name is Stephanie. I was hoping I would find some GBCC people! I have just discovered this wealth of info in the last few days so I'm playing a little catch up! I was also accepted...

  23. Why do people insist that there is a nursing shortage?

    dragonfly414 replied to MissNancy's topic in General Students

    It is to my understanding that there is a shortage of nursing instructors, not nurses in general. I don't think there is a significant nation wide shortage right now, but there probably will be! The...

  24. Microbiology in the summer?

    dragonfly414 replied to meglet's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you haven't started any clinicals and you think you're winding down, you better find something to wind you back up because nursing classes are not a walk in the park! Prerequisites are really only...

  25. MCC (manchester) Fall 2012-2014

    dragonfly414 replied to simply_commenting's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is quite interesting the things they take into consideration! It doesn't say on the application that you have to have volunteer hours, just that you need to turn in a resume. Tricky, tricky!...